The following files are generated by default: phpunit.xml.dist is the configuration file for PHPUnit. .circleci/config.yml is the configuration file for CircleCI. Use --ci=<provider> to select a different service. bin/install-wp-tests.sh configures the WordPress test suite and a test database. tests/bootstrap.php is the file that makes the current plugin active when running the test suite. tests/test-sample.php is a sample file containing the actual tests. .phpcs.xml.dist is a collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules.
Learn more from the plugin unit tests documentation. The tests/bootstrap.php file looks for the WP_TESTS_DIR environment variable. - [<plugin>]
- The name of the plugin to generate test files for.
- [--dir=<dirname>]
- Generate test files for a non-standard plugin path. If no plugin slug is specified, the directory name is used.
- [--ci=<provider>]
- Choose a configuration file for a continuous integration provider.
—
default: circle
options:
– circle
– gitlab
– bitbucket
– github
—
- [--force]
- Overwrite files that already exist.
# Generate unit test files for plugin 'sample-plugin'. $ wp scaffold plugin-tests sample-plugin Success: Created test files.
These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress. | Argument | Description |
--path=<path> | Path to the WordPress files. |
--url=<url> | Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. |
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>] | Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). |
--http=<http> | Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. |
--user=<id\|login\|email> | Set the WordPress user. |
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] | Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. |
--skip-themes[=<themes>] | Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. |
--skip-packages | Skip loading all installed packages. |
--require=<path> | Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--exec=<php-code> | Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--context=<context> | Load WordPress in a given context. |
--[no-]color | Whether to colorize the output. |
--debug[=<group>] | Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. |
--prompt[=<assoc>] | Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. |
--quiet | Suppress informational messages. |